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Happy Birthday Matteo. 3 today......... <3xxx

Just been reading that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to execute by beheading with a sword fifty prisoners for acts of terrorism.

Sentence imminent across the country after Friday prays :-S

Morning all,

Dull and raining here this morning i think the wind should pick up later too.

Glad to hear the pain has eased for you Mel, you got a bargain with the tree those little ones look pretty with the lights .

Hope you feel better soon David ,the best place is bed when you don't feel well,keep in the warm .

Happy Birthday to Matteo 3 today <3 I'am sure he will soon settle in to Nursery ,will some of his play group friends be moving into Nursery too ?

I have done all the veg ready for tonight and i'am just having a coffee before i start the next job .

I don't think i have Ruby's address either ,so if anyone has it could you pass it on to me to please

I have been and posted all my parcels this morning and my cards and had to spend £27 on postage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The things I have sent did'nt cost that much.

I went in the docs to see if they have my pills ordered in October and they still say they are out of stock. BUT today I saw one of the girls who dispenses and she has ordered them from a different supplier so we will see if they turn up this time...... ;-)
The other man dispenser is foreign but quite helpfull but since we have had him all the makes of pills have changed and I think he is getting cheaper ones.

We have that rain in the air Mandy, the stuff that gets everywhere and makes you feel cold. I turned t he heating on when I got back becasue I was cold and when I did toast and oh came out to the kitchen he asked if I had turned the heating on. Cheek just cos he was'nt cold. He dos'nt like it hot in here but I feel cold around my face today. Sounds silly dos'nt it......

Just having a coffee and then I suppose I shall have to get lunch :-| :-|

Forgot to post it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Afternoon all,

Up at the Doctor's and Nurse this morning. Drs to see about the rash that is still on my legs. Antibiotics and another lot of pill, and two types of cream. I then had my monthly injection with the nurse. (Testosterone)

I see you have all been very busy since I was here yesterday.

BLACK FRIDAY. I am getting fed up with it already, every advert on tele and most of my emails were about it. Why buy anything CHEAP if you don't need it. !!! It's still a waste of money.

Hope you are feeling a bit better David, just take it easy.

All these aches and pains you girls have got. I can see I will have to trade you lot in for younger models, who are fit :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

That's a good idea Liz, with all these dogs being stolen, it's better to be safe that sorry.

I need Ruby's address as well please,

It was the thread tensioner on the machine, which I found out on you tube. They had a video of how to adjust it. Ros has never interfered with the dial, that's why she didn't know what to do, She saw the woman again last night, she no longer wants it, as it's got an automatic cotton threader. WHAT AN EXCUSE ???

That's a lot of postage Mel, It makes you think, it might be better to put a bit of money in the envelope instead of a present.

Ros has got her Card list out from last year and is just started to write the cards. I must get on and start mine.

Haven't thought about dinner for tonight, so I had better get something from the freezer, or it will be a trip to the F & C shop.

Horrible damping afternoon here, so no plans for doing anything.

I still can't get my printer to work. Something I must have done, I will have to get Johnathan round to look at it. If he comes in daylight hours, I will get him to put up the new security light. Saucy aren't I ??

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Afternoon All

Well I did decide to venture into town after all this morning and it was very quiet .I got a few bits in TKMax then a bit of food stuff and just came home.

David I hope by tomorrow you will be feeling much better,and Mel I hope your Tum settles too.

Happy Birthday to young Matteo <3 <3..I'm sure he will soon settle into Nursery Fiona.Will he be moving on with other children he knows from Playgroup?

Oh oh .I have to go and look to see if we have any old style car keys.Some lady has locked her keys in her car in the lay-by .She has 2 huge Staffie type dogs .
Then I must dash to get Hannah and Jess from the station.
So sorry to dash but will BBL

Not sure about the other children going to the same nursery, Sofia & Matteo are being brought up in the catholic faith like their dad and their school is called Our lady & St Francis.
but I do think there is a little girl who lives in the same street as Matteo called Holly and I think she will be going to the same nursery. anyway Sofia will be there in primary 2 so he might see her around.

Very difficult for young children to start any type of schooling. Not knowing anyone must be more upsetting than we know. I was lucky I went to first school with my TWIN. in fact she was in the same school as me until we were 15 Even though from 11 to 15 she was in the girls school and I of course in the boys !!! (hoe unlucky was I )!!!

Dinner all sorted. I found some Lamb Shanks in the freezer. I have chopped up loads of root veg, and put in a few baby tomato's on top. Part boiled them. Spread them out on a baking tray, with olive oil and the Mediterranean Vegetable Mix. All ready to go in later. There is enough Veg. to feed an army ;-) ;-) ;-) Hope Madam is hungry.

I have phoned Johnathan and ask him if he can pop round, to sort out the printer. If not compatible , I will have to buy another, and sell this Cannon on Ebay. or in the paper.

Jane, When I was with a Finance Company I had to re-poses Cars. I built up a collection of keys that could open almost any car. So would go back after dark and take the car from the drive or outside the house. It gave the owner (hirer) a nice shock the next morning. I always informed the local police of the car being taken in case it was reported STOLEN. I always LIVED on the EDGE. ;-) ;-) ;-) But I did enjoy my jobs. !!

Sky is very dark now, and the wind is getting up. So I expect we will have rain later. No going out for me tonight.

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon and this evening.

I want to swear now :-S :-S........Our Boiler has a LEAK.....Yes that dreaded word again.Just rang B Gas and they will be here between 8 and 1 tomorrow.it must have been leaking for a while as the garage floor underneath is VERY WET.

Frank Chris got the ladies car unlocked by using some attachment on his Swiss Army knife.So he had done his good deed for the day.

The girls are here now.Jess is upstairs doing some Uni work until James gets in from work and Hannah is down here looking a something to buy on line on her laptop.She is off later to see some friends.

I don't know whether to switch off the boiler or just let it drip.It will be cold if I do turn if off and it is a bit late to light the woodburner.I think maybe we will keep it going until we go to bed and then turn it off.I don't think the house will blow up.

Oh dear Jane what a nuisance, you do seem to have a perchance for 'water'!!
We've bought our Xmas present! We don't buy for each other individually any more; our finances are all out of the same account, and there's nothing either of us particularly wants, so we buy something that we wouldn't normally buy but that we both want. This year we've bought a new tv for the bedroom with a built in DVD. I particularly wanted this as if something comes out on DVD that only I like, (its usually me!) I can go down to the bedroom and watch in peace, and OH can watch something else also in peace!! So I'm well chuffed! OH is setting it up as we speak!
Wind getting up here, nothing else doing, apart from supper!

What is it with our house for LEAKS !!!!..I have lost count now over the last 3 yrs as to how many we have had .From minor to major ones.
That sounds a very good present Liz :-D..We don't have a tv in our bedroom(much to my disgust.(Chris won't have one).I either watch things on my laptop with earphones or I go into Hannahs bed and watch the tv in there .

The boiler is dripping away nicely into a bucket at the moment. :-S :-S

Chris has just told me he has seen that Asda Petrol Stations are selling at under £1 for Black Friday.....I need petrol tomorrow :-D...Will check that our Kettering one is one doing that.If it is I bet the queue will be so long.

Afternoon All,

Yes it is a huge step for little ones starting school. It will help if Matteo sees a few familiar faces. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Matteo.

David I hope you aren't coming down with a cough/ cold thing. Keep warm, rest up and pop in here when you feel like it! :-)

It's good you found how to fix the machine Frank, but what a shame it happened just as you were selling it and that the lady has changed her mind. :-S Back to square 1 and start again I expect.

Jane I hope the lady managed to get into her car. I always worry about that happening too!!

Well, I've had quite a day! I got to the hospital a bit early and found out that another lady was also being interviewed and we were to sit together at the front in the presentation as we were to be filmed watching it!!!!! Then we would have lunch (a really delicious spread of sarnies, mini quiches, bowls of different types of dressed salad including a bean salad and coleslaw, followed by fresh pineapple wedges, melon and grapes, then cakes) and then we would be interviewed together in another room. Joe did his presentation which was very good and it was interesting to hear all the results from the study. I was a tad nervous by then anticipating the interview, so didn't have very much lunch and was careful not to get any down my top!! Well I was right to be a bit suspicious as the next thing was we were being 'wired for sound' and seated at a table to be interviewed with 2 film cameras trained on us!!! After the interview, the cameras followed us into the treatment room and we were filmed describing what happened in there on the study days. Then they took still photos of us individually and together. They seemed very pleased how it all went, which is a relief, but most of it will be edited out as there will only be 3 minutes kept. Joe and the nurse also had seperate interviews. We've been told it will go on the internet for viewing for a month, may be televised and may be on the radio and in which case would we be willing to speak on radio? Then just as we went, Joe gave us a lovely bouquet of flowers each to thank us which was a nice surprise. Now I've done something like that once I think it would be less scary another time. I certainly never expected I'd be doing anything like this when I retired. Still, I couldn't have anticipated having lunch at Luton Hoo bought for me from meeting friends on the internet either. :-) Life can be full of surprises. :-)

We went out when I got home and OH has bought me a 'Biggles' hat like his only it is pale grey and fluffy with pompoms! lol. It will be ideal if it is a cold and windy winter. I feel shattered now so it will be an early night for me.

Could someone send me Ruby's address too? :-)

:-D :-D Ann ,it sounds like you did a stirling job ..'Wired for Sound' !!! Was that a Cliff Richards's song??
You must let us all know when it is on the internet and the TV/Radio.How nice to get a bouquet too :-D.Bet your head is spinning now and you will be on a high :-D :-D
WELL DONE YOU <3

Oh Well done Ann <3 when you said interviewed i bet you didn't think it would be for the radio and on the internet and that you would have the cameras filming you .
You must let us know when it's on so we can have a little peek .
The flowers were a nice touch too.

Well the family have all gone now and we're worn out .

We sat in the lounge before the family came and hubby had lit the woodburner ,i said to hubby can you smell smoke ? ,we thought it was coming from the fire ,i happened to go through to the kitchen and good job i did i had turned the potaoes on to par boil and had forgotten them !! you couldn't see in the kitchen for steam ,the potatoes had stuck to the bottom of the pan and any longer and they would have caught fire !! :-S
I quickly took the pan off the heat and stood it on one of my wooden chopping boards ,the bottom of the pan was so hot it burnt the board !! so i had to stand it outside on the patio i think you can safely say that pan has had it !!

Oh no Jane not more leaks !! i suppose one good thing is that it's in the garage and not in the house ,hope it's not going to be to big a job for the chap tomorrow.

So spuds and pan in the bin then Mandy!!!!!...That sounded like a close call :-S.Something catching fire like that scares the pants off me.Do you remember when my shopping bag caught fire on the hob?? I had cleaned the kitchen floor and rested the mop against the cooker.It slipped and knocked one of the knobs to one of the rings .
I had to chuck Chester out in the garden because of all the smoke and flames :-S :-S
It still gives me goose bumps now thinking about it.

Dinner ready now.

Oh I was slow submitting my post so missed yours Liz and Jane.

That sounds a good idea for your present Liz. I know they say it isn't good to have tv in the bedroom but it is so useful at times like you say and saves any friction which also isn't good!! We have a tv in the bedroom and a sky box and dvd player, but it would be better if it had a built in dvd player......less clutter!

Yes Jane I think I have been on a high since! lol. OH is quite chuffed that I did it too! Fancy you having yet another leak!! We'll have to think of an name for your house with all this water! I hope it's a simple job this time.

Oh Mandy, I have done that with potatoes before too. It doesn't half pong everywhere. I have a few spare saucepans here !!! lol. :-)

Off to bed now.......see you all tomorrow....night night. <3

O no not another leak Jane. I can understand how you feel having so many leaks in the past. The boiler is not that old is it?

Ann sounds like you had a lovely day giving that talk and a nice surprise with the bunch of flowers. What was in the bouquet?

Liz that was a good present for the both of you and a good idea to get something together. I rememberyou saying before you get something you both want or in the sale after Christmas.

I did spag bol tonight and whilst it was cooking I cleaned my small dresser on the work surface with all my chicken egg cups on it. It takes a while as there are so many on there but now it is all clean for Christmas.

No Gill today. Did she say hubby had a couple of days off? Thursday and Friday??

Signing out now so see you all in the morning.

Good morning all. Feeling more with it this morning. Slept from 10 -6 unbroken.

My sinuses were blocked and I'd a yucky throat, very unpleasant. I had curry and chips and a sarnie onion in it later, seems to have helped, or I'm dreaming.

How can a TV in the bedroom be not good for you? I spend most of every day in the bed room. I can assure the readers if it wasn't for the TV and PC in close proximity I might be considered barking by now, or stir crazy :)

Funny things central heating systems Jane, if they are going to fail it's always in the winter when they are needed. Hope yours is fixed soon.

Here's a memory. one of my Aunts took snuff. Now that's good way to clear your tubes. One snuff must equal s 10 Woodbines :-D :-P

Ann to say the least I am impressed!!! David, There is a school of thought that a TV in the bedroom is detrimental to married life ;-) :-S. At our age I'm not sure that's relevant any more! Give me a good film any day!!!
Weather a bit iffy here! OH is clearing Merlins yard of all the woodchip, ready to put some fresh down at some stage. New woodburner is being collected on Monday and hopefully fitted next weekend. We need some new stainless chimney bits which can't be ordered till it's here,(size etc) so it may take a day or two.
OH is updating TomTom!!
Nothing else happening here, so shall spend some time on my first Tudor family!!